Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170725550 - Employee's knees broken in fall from sugar tank

Accident Summary Nr: 170725550 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 02/26/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111888046	08/13/1992	2062	0	California And Hawaiian Sugar Company

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 a.m. on February 26, 1992, Employee #1, of California and Hawaii Sugar Co., went from the seventh floor to the sixth floor of the sugar refinery. A foot valve, about 11 feet high, was stuck in the closed position. Employee #1 climbed a stepladder to help open the valve. Even with a coworker on the seventh floor trying to open the valve manually, the valve would not open. Employee #1 came down from the stepladder and stepped on top of the sugar tank. Walking on top of the tank, Employee #1 slipped on syrup and water and fell between the tank and the vent cover. Employee #1 was taken to Doctors Hospital in Pinole, CA, for treatment of two broken knees.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, STUCK, SLIP, STORAGE TANK, VALVE, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE, REFINERY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111888046			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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